Student researcher

Miles Crawford Research Leader

This project is researching the interface between risk and emergency management to understand how risk informs government emergency management policies and procedures. It is using tsunami risk scenarios originating from an earthquake along the length of the Hikurangi Subduction (off New Zealand’s North Island) to research the way risk is understood, communicated, believed, and used, as well as what existing factors limit tsunami risk awareness and understanding. 

Watch Miles draw on how his research can inform public policy to protect the population from tsunami’s.

Year Type Citation
2018 Journal Article Crawford, M., Johnston, D., Crowley, K., Saunders, W. S. A. & Potter, S. H. Risk modelling as a tool to support natural hazard risk management in New Zealand local government. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 28, 10 (2018).
2018 Conference Paper Crawford, M. Risk modelling as a tool to support local government emergency management. AFAC18 (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2018).
2018 Conference Paper Bates, J. Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference. Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC & AFAC annual conference 2017 (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2018).
2017 Conference Paper Rumsewicz, M. Research proceedings from the 2017 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference. Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC & AFAC annual conference 2017 (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017).
2017 Conference Paper Crawford, M. How risk informs natural hazard management: a study of the interface between risk modelling and local government policies and procedures. AFAC17 (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017).
Miles Crawford Conference Poster 2016
12 Aug 2016
This project aims to research the interface between risk and emergency management to understand how risk...
Risk modelling as a tool to support natural hazard risk management in New Zealand local government
29 Jun 2017
Demand for natural hazard risk modelling has significantly increased over the last few decades as we seek to...
Unravelling the Natural Hazard Risk-based Policy Development Knot
18 Sep 2018
Challenges and solutions for natural hazard risk-based policy development in New Zealand interrelate within a...